"This afternoon on the House floor, Rep. Alcee Hastings asserted that
last night the Director of National Intelligence had accepted a House
Democratic proposal on FISA modernization but the White House made him
turn it down. That is flatly untrue. The DNI reviewed the legislation
himself and determined that it would not provide the tools he needs to
protect the country, and therefore he would not be able to look the
President in the eye and say that the legislation should be signed. The
Administration is working in good faith with the Congress to get this
critical national security legislation passed before they depart for the
rest of August."